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Calcasieu Parish, LA

202,418 Population
1,064.1 square miles 190.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,668 ±$2,899 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $32,171 ±$366
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$62,197 ±$5,223 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $55,416 ±$800
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.4% ±3.2% (32,737  ±6,298) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.6% 829,565 (±0.5% / ±23,622)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,631,595  ±103,749) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.6 47,477,896 (±0.3 / ±713,182)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

78,144 ±2,667 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,816,902 ±10,634
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0.1 (200,023  ±427) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,466,263
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5% ±2.1% (2,421  ±1,024) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,980 (±0.5% / ±5,188)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

95,544 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,113,178 ±174
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$217,300 ±$9,827 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $209,200 ±$2,324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

15.8% ±2.9% (31,511  ±5,708) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.7% 531,059 (±0.5% / ±20,847.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90.8% ±4.8% (122,172  ±6,583.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,702,838 (±0.9% / ±27,647.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
24.4% ±2.6% (32,805  ±3,544.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27.1% 840,106 (±0.5% / ±15,508.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% (7,080  ±1,956) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 192,895
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

8.3% ±1.4% (12,662  ±2,169) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,067 (±0.2% / ±7,616)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
12,662 Total veterans ±2,169 11,937 Male ±2,102 725 Female ±510

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